The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-05-21
Fooos AND MILK.
Synopsis OF Interesting Experiments Re-
Gently Made In Germany.

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| synopsis Of interesting Experiments Re-
GENTLY Made In Germany.
Interesting experiments have been
made In Germany by Herr Neuhaus
upon the effects of succulent and dry
foods upon the quality of the milk
Ii Is well known that cows fed ON green
forage give an abundant quantity Of
milk. and the pasturage being rich, the
milk Is of high quality. 1t was wished
to ascertain If cows suffered in the pro-
auction of milk. as 10 quality, BY the
different class OF food which city COW
keepers were compelled to use.
Two chemists were employed by Herr
| Neuhaus, and their results are In eacl
ease tho same. Snpposing that a COW
| requires l.30 per cent. OF her
weight of dry material. but. IL
addition. $50 per cent of her
weight of water. Herr Ncuhaus be-
iieves that neither forage grass from ir.
| rigated meadows. or grains. both OF
which contain a large quantity of wa
ter. would have bad influence upon
the milk. In the first analysis made of
milk from COWS fed upon green forage
| rut from irrigated meadows. to which
some lucerne was added the results
were: Fatty matters. LOS per cent,
and dry matters, y per cent. Three
analyses made of milk obtained from
COWS fed exclusively upon forage grass
obtained from irrigated meadows gave
the following results:
Fosfy NHtss. Dry Matters
SOY r
aso I3is
II Is well known that COWS which are
fed in the stall give milk which is rich
er in the evening than in the mornng.
and il was found to be the sa ne ip
analyses of milk produced from FOL age
fed COWS. as follows:
FUtg Matters. Dry Mers.
Milk OF the Morning sts n
Midday -
Evening ia5
Herr Neuhaus believes that when
grains are fed nationally they are no,
hurtful Ia the cattle; but he makes
most important point when he states
that IL is necessary 10 heat them from
i2O To 40 degrees in order To kill tn,
dangerous organisms which they con
tain and 10 prevent acidalation. l.
how many eases in this country d,
dairymen use grains which are abso-
iutely sour. and use them too ever
day? The danger of grain feeding i,
not so much In the food itself rs in tn |
condition in which i IS given. Tn |
analyses of milk produced from ra
tion composed of grains, irrigated for |
lge grass, aud barley straw. was
Fatty matters. $3.50; dry matters. |
i2-u5. The German writer |
also gives details with re |
gard 10 the cream yield. and explain, |
The differences which in some instances
arise by reason Of the variety of kinds
and sizes of creamometers which are In
use among dairymen. A proper cream
tube or glass should be an inch and
half in diameter. the narrow tubes so
commonly used being practically use
less. AT the same time il may be oh
served that the cream test is of no d.
cisive value as al indication of tn,
value of the milk.
Cream Is composed of fat globnle
and milk. the milk being sometime.
much larger in proportion than
others, and in some cases. where the
= ze of the cream globules varies, as ii
does in different cows and i'm different
races, these globules do not rise to
their full extent, and consequently
the cream does not indicate a.
II ought to do. II has long been con-
clusivelv shown that although the
cream test is, roughly speaking,
rear enough guide for ordinary con-
sumers of milk, buying in small guam
titles. il is not sufficient test-in-
deed. quite the reverse. being moa
as an Indie alton of the food
and fat value of the milk.
II Is stated that the difficulty is found
In Berlin. as in Lonabn. in milk which
has been transported to distance, for
the cream rises TO the surface before it is
delivered, and il is with diff iculty again
and i'm the same way ii |
may be remarked that where dairymen | [
send out milk in large cans and deliver I
i from tap at the bottom there is a
liability to hand customers a sampl
which is poor in consequence of the ris {
ng of the or cam to the surface Ia
To remedy this defect German ha 1
invented a tube which enables Il retaile,
o deliver milk from this tap at the bo I
ON of his can which is of proper QUA I
" so far rs regards the milk which tn d
AN contains The great object in de ,
ivering from the bottom of the can j. q
o enable the milk retailer to lock hi. i
an, and so prevent the delivery mai {
attracting any or adding water. 5
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